Studio in Acampo, CA
Adam Newman (b. Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1984) currently resides in Acampo, California. He is a painter and installation artist known for his works created from a hypothetical perspective the artist refers to as “God view” in which he examines man-made reality and our human response through the eyes of God.
Newman’s artistic identity centers on the objective of investigating man-made objects and sociological constructs through earthy colored pastel paintings, figurative drawings, and thought provoking three dimensional pieces. The artist presents themes of vulnerability, social violence, scarcity, and “10% hope” through imagery that contrasts and personifies natural and synthetic elements within scenes of magical realism. His use of these recurring motifs incorporate varying degrees of free association. A practice carried on from his earliest work in which he translated his subconscious into two dimensional realism. Newman has moved on to more pragmatic content in which he hopes to encourage social and economic change.
Newman’s work has exhibited at venues such as The Emporium in Knoxville, Tennessee; Where Ya Art Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana; and Studio Gallery in San Francisco, California. Newman has also executed large scale murals across the southeast in Nashville, Knoxville, and New Orleans.